Sean_SA
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Hi guys
I want to establish whether perhaps a step mash is to blame with this issue I experience.
I have brewed a few hefeweizens now. Every time I try to do a mash with a ferulic acid rest, my efficiency would drop drastically, from my usual 80% to 63-65%. When I did the mash without any steps I would hit the 80 efficiency mark.
I haven't been able to find something online that supports this but perhaps it may be isolated to the way I have to warm the water up to saccharification after the acid rest. I use a cooler box mash tun with no circulation so I have to add boiling water to bring the mash temp up. Is there a chance that the addition of the boiling water scorches the grain on contact? Again though, I haven't seen anything about anyone else experiencing this issue.
Mash PH has always been good so that is not a possibility.
Is there perhaps something else that could be causing this?
I want to establish whether perhaps a step mash is to blame with this issue I experience.
I have brewed a few hefeweizens now. Every time I try to do a mash with a ferulic acid rest, my efficiency would drop drastically, from my usual 80% to 63-65%. When I did the mash without any steps I would hit the 80 efficiency mark.
I haven't been able to find something online that supports this but perhaps it may be isolated to the way I have to warm the water up to saccharification after the acid rest. I use a cooler box mash tun with no circulation so I have to add boiling water to bring the mash temp up. Is there a chance that the addition of the boiling water scorches the grain on contact? Again though, I haven't seen anything about anyone else experiencing this issue.
Mash PH has always been good so that is not a possibility.
Is there perhaps something else that could be causing this?